minc1500	Essex Second XI v Kent Second XI
	Minor Counties Championship 1914
Venue	County Ground, Leyton on 3rd, 4th August 1914 (2-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Toss not known
Result	Match drawn
Points	Essex Second XI 1; Kent Second XI 3
Umpires	T Attewell, W Smith
Close of play day 1	Kent Second XI (2) 14/0 (Colquhoun 7*, Dutnall 5*)

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Kent Second XI first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JC Colquhoun	c Coleman b Dixon	25
F Dutnall	c Womersley b Hills	14
CK Douglas	c and b Thompson	14
LM Powell	lbw b Thompson	4
DW Jennings	c and b Dixon	8
*GJV Weigall	c Hilleard b Dixon	1
WE Hickmott	c and b Hills	42
FS Lowe	lbw b Thompson	6
AP Freeman	lbw b Hills	2
+A Povey	not out	19
GAJ Smith	c Coleman b Hills	0
Extras	(19 b)	19
Total	(all out, 64.1 overs)	154
Fall of wickets:
1-22, 2-62, 3-72, 4-72, 5-74, 6-89, 7-124, 8-126, 9-154, 10-154 (64.1 ov)

Essex Second XI bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Hills	23.1	1	49	4	-	-
Smith	5	1	7	0	-	-
Dixon	23	8	49	3	-	-
Thompson	13	2	30	3	-	-

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Essex Second XI first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*CJ Round	c Colquhoun b Freeman	20
AD Womersley	b Hickmott	0
JK Guy	lbw b Freeman	6
CS Richardson	b Lowe	11
PJ Hilleard	st Povey b Freeman	14
JG Dixon	c and b Hickmott	18
+EC Coleman	b Freeman	33
CV Thompson	b Hickmott	0
HM Hills	st Povey b Freeman	11
HW Smith	not out	8
BT Strutton	c Smith b Freeman	2
Extras	(5 b, 3 lb)	8
Total	(all out, 45.5 overs)	131
Fall of wickets:
1-1, 2-22, 3-27, 4-47, 5-73, 6-76, 7-87, 8-118, 9-129, 10-131 (45.5 ov)

Kent Second XI bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Hickmott	17	2	32	3	-	-
Smith	7	1	20	0	-	-
Freeman	18.5	6	53	6	-	-
Lowe	3	1	18	1	-	-

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Kent Second XI second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JC Colquhoun	run out	13
F Dutnall	run out	7
CK Douglas	b Hills	78
LM Powell	c Coleman b Dixon	9
DW Jennings	c Thompson b Smith	9
*GJV Weigall	b Smith	65
WE Hickmott	not out	17
FS Lowe	did not bat
AP Freeman	did not bat
+A Povey	did not bat
GAJ Smith	did not bat
Extras	(24 b, 4 lb, 1 nb)	29
Total	(6 wickets, declared, 83 overs)	227
Fall of wickets:
1-25, 2-28, 3-35, 4-52, 5-189, 6-227 (83 ov)

Essex Second XI bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Hills	29	10	48	1	-	-
Smith	18	3	51	2	-	-
Dixon	17	5	28	1	-	1
Thompson	11	1	39	0	-	-
Round	1	1	0	0	-	-
Hilleard	4	1	22	0	-	-
Strutton	3	0	10	0	-	-

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Essex Second XI second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*CJ Round	b Hickmott	5
AD Womersley	b Hickmott	0
JK Guy	c and b Freeman	12
CS Richardson	b Lowe	48
PJ Hilleard	c Povey b Lowe	26
JG Dixon	b Smith	30
+EC Coleman	c Powell b Smith	0
CV Thompson	not out	11
HM Hills	st Povey b Smith	0
HW Smith	b Freeman	3
BT Strutton	not out	3
Extras	(15 b, 5 lb, 1 nb)	21
Total	(9 wickets, 52 overs)	159
Fall of wickets:
1-0, 2-5, 3-38, 4-70, 5-135, 6-137, 7-142, 8-147, 9-150

Kent Second XI bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Hickmott	13	4	42	2	-	-
Smith	15	3	30	3	-	1
Freeman	17	5	59	2	-	-
Lowe	6	3	7	2	-	-
Weigall	1	1	0	0	-	-

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Notes
--> AD Womersley made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> PJ Hilleard made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> JG Dixon made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> CV Thompson made his debut in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> LM Powell made his last appearance in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> FS Lowe made his last appearance in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> BT Strutton made his last appearance in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> WE Hickmott (1) passed 500 runs in Minor Counties Championship matches when he reached 36
--> A Povey (1) passed his previous highest score of 18 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> EC Coleman (1) passed his previous highest score of 31 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> HM Hills (1) passed his previous highest score of 10 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> CK Douglas (2) passed his previous highest score of 31 in Minor Counties Championship matches
--> AP Freeman reached 50 wickets in Minor Counties Championship matches for the season when taking his 2nd wicket in the Essex Second XI second innings

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This card comes from the Minor Counties Research Project - research is continuing on this scorecard which can be expected to change.
This match (the first Championship match to be played at this ground) was left drawn with Kent 2nd XI winning on the first innings.
Kent’s declaration set Essex 251 to win but Essex's ninth wicket fell at 6.10pm with the score on 150; however Thompson and Strutton played out time.
For the visitors there were 8 fours in Douglas' 78 and 5 fours in Weigall's 65; they added 137 for Kent’s fifth wicket.
Freeman took 6 wickets for 53 runs in Essex's first innings.
Povey took 1 catch and 3 stumpings in the match.
For the hosts Richardson top-scored with 48 whilst Hills took 5 wickets in the match.
Coleman took 3 catches in the match.
[Missing: Toss]
Sources: Kent Year Book p 234-235; Essex County Chronicle 7 August; The Sportsman 4,5 August; World of Cricket 8 August p 418.

 

 

 

 

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